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I don’t know when it became fashionable in the corporate
world to skip lunch. I recall a late
afternoon meeting in which a C-Suite darling bragged she had made it through
the entire day on an apple and a single cup of coffee.
Had that been me, I’m not saying there would have been bloodshed, but
there would have been serious bruising.
Besides magic can happen when sharing lunch with a
like-minded colleague especially if fresh tortilla chips are on the table. A while back during lunch at Q’doba, I told
Regina Duke about two of the stories I had sent to an editor for a romance
anthology. She quickly brought me to my senses.
“Get them back from the editor and publish them yourself.
You don’t need outside validation,” she insisted. I could hardly argue with
retired college professor and USA Best Selling Author especially since my mouth
was full. After our lunch I hurried home to
retrieve my two stories from the editor and to write what would be the third
story in Hot Flash.
A couple of n…

What inspired you to
become a writer?
A dream, actually. I had a dream one night and a single
image stuck with me. It seemed to have a story and I was intrigued. Who are your favorite
romance characters (besides your own?)
Oh, this one’s easy. Jamie and Claire, from Diana Gabaldon’s
Outlander. Jamie is just swoon worthy and I like that Claire is such a strong
character. Tell me what inspired
this story.
Hahaha. I’d always wanted to try my hand at writing erotic
romance. I read a lot of it. One day, I thought, “Why not?” This was my first
attempt. I wrote this book originally for me and me alone and I followed the
muse. I think I chose a billionaire theme just because it was popular and I’d
never done one before. I wanted to see if I could. lol What is one of your
favorite romantic locales?
Hmm. That’s a tough one. I’ve never been anywhere outside of
the US and nowhere I’d particular call romantic. But for the sake of the
question…Paris, I suppose. Or Italy. Or Greece. They’re all so be…